Posted by thepuppet33r 5 hours ago
In the past 15-ish years since I have been using wireless mices, I have had only 1 that used up the battery in less than 4 months (incidentally I'm using it now, $4 garbage) - everything else was tagging along without a hitch for about a year, without turning them off. And when the battery starts to die, they just start blinking like a week ahead... I think mouse is one thing where replaceable batteries make a lot of sense still.
Constantly moving around and tugging on the charging port seems like asking for a port replacement in a year. Is there a reason people who want to have their mouse plugged in while it's charging don't just use a wired mouse? (Not being sarcastic, genuinely curious.)
But that really hasn't happened to me much. In any event, a good reason to keep a wired mouse in hand too just in case.
There may be some way to make the current battery levels display more obvious than the default; I've not looked into it much.